It's so good to see so many new faces on my Instagram and Facebook page, Welcome!
I know that many of you are here because you saw my small contribution to Click Away during Ginger Unzueta's talk, and while I'm bummed I couldn't be there to hug you and teach myself as was planned, I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it in some small way.
Here are three things you probably already knew:
-My name is Mae Burke
-I'm a family photographer in Rockport, Texas
-I usually have 1-3 children under my feet (often times more, because... it's unexplainable really...)
Here are five things you probably didn't know
-I am equal parts Mary Crowley, Leslie Knope, and Peggy Olsen (with a dash of Selena)
-I can speak way more German than I can Spanish (which isn't saying much, on either account!)
-I have lived on the Texas Coast almost the entirety of my life and have yet to go surfing.
-I have had images on two major morning news shows and was REALLY DISAPPOINTED when my Skype calls with them were bumped for something else.
-I have seen every episode of every season of Boy Meets World, Dawson's Creek, Lost, and The Office at least six times over... I fall asleep if I read for leisure, people!
I have been in business, photographing families, falling in love with the connection between mothers and their loved ones, for nearly eight years. I have been mentoring other photographers on how to do the same (in their own beautiful way) for the past five. I built my client base in the DFW Metroplex and returned to my hometown of Rockport, Texas just a few short weeks after my third baby was born. I am forever grateful for each and every family who let's me into their home or meets me out at the park or beach and allows me to share their story. I am encouraged as a mother and wife, and affirmed as an artist.
Thank you all for being here.